BRI forum to draw 37 national leaders
State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced on Friday that 37 heads of state or government will attend the second Belt and Road Forum on International Cooperation to be held in Beijing in the coming week.
Over 5,000 participants from more than 150 countries are scheduled to attend the three-day event, which starts on Thursday, Wang told reporters at a news conference.
President Xi Jinping will deliver the keynote speech at the forum's opening ceremony and chair the leaders' roundtable summit, Wang said. The forum, with "Belt and Road Cooperation: Shaping a Brighter Shared Future" as its theme, aims to bring about high-quality cooperation under the initiative.
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